Montana State Legislature
Resources & Guides
Navigate the Categories Below for Reports & Guides on Everything Budget!
Budget Guides & Resources
- Fiscal Note Training (December 2022)
- Funding Your Bill (December 2022)
- Interim Budget Changes
- Legislative Budgeting
- Managing Volatility
- Managing Volatility Tools Quick Guide
- Training Examples for Revenue Volatility
- State General Fund: Where it Comes From and Where it Goes
- Understanding State Finances (In Brief)
- Understanding State Finances (Full Book)
- Vacancy Savings
Legislative Guides & Resources
- Acronyms
- Appropriations Process
- Differences in Audit & Fiscal Reporting
- HB 2 Guide
- HB 2 Process (December 2022)
- Present Law & Statewide Present Law
- Statutory Appropriations Guide
Videos
Resources & Guides: Education
Resources & Guides: Healthcare
Resources & Guides: Infrastructure
Resources & Guides: Local Government
Resources & Guides: Natural Resources
Resources & Guides: Revenue
Resources & Guides: Pensions
- HJ 8 Final Report (2022 Legislator's Guide to MT Public Employee Retirement Systems)
- Green Sheets FY 2022
- Elizabeth Wiley Actuarial Risks Presentation
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Funding Policy & Montana's Public Pensions (Legislative Branch Report)
- Montana's Public Pensions: Where We've Been (November 2018, Legislative Services Division)
- PERS Funding History Numbers Table (Legislative Services Division)
- HB 715: Section 5 & 6 (Integration of Stress Testing into the Sustainability Study of the LFC)
- Stress Testing Memo to LFC (December 2018)
- Summary of FY18 - FY19 Public Retirement System Actuarial Valuations (aka Green Sheets, Legislative Services Division)
- Evaluating Public Pension Funding & Financial Risk (Greg Mennis, PEW)
- Pension Overview (Preflight Briefing)
- Videos
- Pension Basics & What to Expect from Stress Testing (Elizabeth Wiley, Consulting Actuary, Cheiron)
Legislative Finance Committee Materials: Pension Subcommittee
- Comparison of General Fund, Entitlement Share Payments & the Costs to Operate the Office of the Public Defender
- Entitlement Share History HB 124 (2001 Session)
- HB 124 "The Big Bill"
- HB 33 History (2015)
- HB 454 (2013 Session)
- History of General Fund Aid to Pensions
- FY16 ES Payments
- Legislator's Guide to Montana's Public Employee Retirement Systems
- Montana Teachers' Retirement System Valuation Results (July 1, 2019)
- Montana Public Employees' Retirement Board Valuation Results (June 30, 2019)
- PERS Employer Contribution Funding
- Regional Water Systems
- Summary of FY 2019 Public Retirement System Actuarial Valuations (Legislative Services Division)
- Summary of FY 2018 Public Retirement System Actuarial Valuations
- TSEP Projects

